Service difficulty report · Drive Assy · Beech B200

Difficulty date
August 30, 2007
Submitted
January 21, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft time
10 hours
Engine
Pwa PT642A
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4N3
Part
Drive Assy
Part number
503801535
Condition
Mismanufactured
Location
Flap Actuator
Part time
240 hours
Component
Actuator · Beech
Component part number
129521051
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) ON LANDING, WHEN FLAPS SELECTED FROM 40 PERCENT TO 100 PERCENT, FLAPS STOPPED AT APPROXIMATELY 60 PERCENT, LT OB FLAP WAS SPLIT APPROXIMATELY 10 PERCENT. FLAP WOULD NOT EXTEND OR RETRACT. LT OB FLAP ACTUATOR FOUND TO HAVE COME APART AT THE 90 DEGREE DRIVE ASSY ATTACH POINT. CLOSER VISUAL EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY ASSEMBLED DURING AC AND/OR PART MFG. RETAINING KEYWAY HAD DAMAGED THE SLOTTED COLLAR BY NOT BEING FULLY ENGAGED WHEN RETAINING NUT WAS TIGHTENED. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN EVIDENT WHEN PART WAS ASSEMBLED AS THE RETAINING NUT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN SAFETY AFTER BEING TIGHTENED. ALSO THE RETAINING KEYWAY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RECESSED (APPROX .1250 INCH ON PROPERLY ASSEMBLED PART) AND THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN EVIDENT DURING ASSY. OTHER NEW AC IN FLEET HAVE BEEN EXAMINED FOR THIS CONDITION AND WERE FOUND TO BE CORRECTLY ASSEMBLED. (TC NR 20070831002)

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